Is this the ‘most embarrassing NYT correction ever’?

Posted at 6:22 pm on December 14, 2014 by Greg P.

Check out this hilarious triple-correction from yesterday’s New York Times:

This isn't the *most* embarrassing NYT correction ever, but it's close. (h/t @nycsouthpaw) http://t.co/o9tfNaHbgl pic.twitter.com/WMjX11ldrI
— Jeff [email protected] (@EsotericCD) December 14, 2014

That’s bad. Really bad.

@EsotericCD @nycsouthpaw – Luckily, the NYTs has a whole new talent pool to tap with all of the TNR people freed up.
— Na[Cu(NT)2(H2O)] (@smittie61984) December 14, 2014

@EsotericCD @nycsouthpaw a clarification of what was actually correct in the article may have been easier and quicker for them to do.
— Mike McIntyre (@mcintyremike) December 14, 2014

@EsotericCD @robkroese @nycsouthpaw An earlier version of this article misidentified Jennifer Steinhauer and Elena Schneider as journalists.
— Trevor Neil White (@TrevorNWhite) December 14, 2014

And did you see the last line of the correction? The correction needed a correction:

@hughhewitt Note that the CORRECTION itself needed a correction. That's the capper right there. @LarryWHomeSmart
— Jeff [email protected] (@EsotericCD) December 14, 2014

Wow.

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